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Drop in timber smuggling gives ‘breathing space’ to Myanmar’s forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 10 Mar 2016

Forest restoration: from Stone Age to drone age

Giovanni Ortolani 9 Mar 2016

Rogue cop-turned-logger recaptured in Papua after latest prison break

Mongabay.com 9 Mar 2016

Hunt for rare fragrance is pushing one of world’s most expensive trees towards extinction: Al Jazeera documentary

Shreya Dasgupta 9 Mar 2016

New snake species highlights how little we know about biodiversity in under-explored regions of India

Mike Gaworecki 8 Mar 2016

Convicted Indonesian police officer and illegal logger on the run once again

Mike Gaworecki 7 Mar 2016

Laos could be the ‘most important’ home for the elusive Owston’s civet

Shreya Dasgupta 7 Mar 2016

$1m for devising best way to map Indonesia’s peatlands

Sapariah Saturi 5 Mar 2016

Study doubles the number of endangered Sumatran orangutans believed to exist

Loren Bell 4 Mar 2016

China’s log imports fall sharply

Mongabay.com 3 Mar 2016

World Wildlife Day 2016: Why Wildlife Needs YOU

Paul Rosolie 3 Mar 2016

Facebook emerging as a ‘thriving’ wildlife trade marketplace

Shreya Dasgupta 3 Mar 2016

Indonesia’s war on maritime slavery continues

Cory Rogers 3 Mar 2016

Want to keep tabs on that new logging road in Peru? Well, now you can

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Mar 2016

Getting SMART about Wildlife Crime

Julia John 2 Mar 2016

Smallest of giant flowers ‘accidentally’ discovered in the Philippines

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Mar 2016

‘Status symbols’: Japan emerging as major hub for illegal trade in slow lorises due to their popularity as pets

Shreya Dasgupta 29 Feb 2016

Indonesia’s antigraft agency strives to rein in the mining sector

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 27 Feb 2016

Thailand’s efforts to protect wild tigers starting to pay off, but recovery slower than expected

Mike Gaworecki 26 Feb 2016

Chinese dam builder eyeing major Amazon mega-dam contract

Piero Locatelli from Repórter Brasil 26 Feb 2016
Peat forest cleared for pulp and paper in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

New tool seeks end to Indonesian paper giants’ secret links

Loren Bell 26 Feb 2016

The dangers of China’s ‘thumb monkey’ trend

Morgan Erickson-Davis 25 Feb 2016

Massive profiteering uncovered in Indonesian fertilizer distribution

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2016

Indonesia’s peat peninsula being drained into oblivion, study finds

Loren Bell 24 Feb 2016

Peace agreements often ignore natural resources, report finds

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Feb 2016
Peatlands cleared for a plantation in Riau Province in 2015. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Team of 6: the leadership of Indonesia’s peatlands restoration agency is now in place

Sapariah Saturi 23 Feb 2016

Oil palm plantations need to protect orangutans (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 22 Feb 2016

Communities and cutting-edge tech keep Cambodia’s gibbons singing

Claire Salisbury 22 Feb 2016

It’s World Pangolin Day again. What can you do to help?

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Feb 2016

Indonesia could collaborate with RSPO, official study finds

Jonathan Vit 19 Feb 2016
Illegal encroachment for palm oil production in Riau, Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Indonesian palm oil giant joins no-deforestation pledge amid criticism from politicians

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2016

‘Fluorescent flashlights’: Newly discovered glow-in-the-dark polyps light up snails in the Red Sea

Shreya Dasgupta 17 Feb 2016

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